//Introduction & FeaturesWelcome to the offical tWEAK page. tWEAK is a radial menu and toolkit, though basically it's a program that automates and combines a bunch of anim8or commands together in order to speed the modelling process!

Features:

Radial Menu with easy access to commonly used commands

Color-grouped menu items makes it easier to remember where things are

Tweak tool makes for fast moving of points and edges on a mesh

Quick knife tool supplements the tweak tool by letting you cut faster to tweak later

Mirror tool automates the tedious task of Mirroring meshes along the X-axis

Dolly tool makes for much faster navigation within the Anim8or 3D workspace

//TroubleshootingtWEAK only works in Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. It also only works with the latest version of Anim8or (v0.97d)

Can't get it to run? Then just in case it's your antivirus or antispyware programs that are blocking it, please disable them first to see if that's the cause (also try disabling Windows Defender). If tWEAK runs with them disabled, then you'll have to add tWEAK as an exception in their databases. Re-enable your security programs afterwards, please!

If you still can't get it to work, here's some steps to take to help identify if tWEAK is recognizing Anim8or at all:

Download the Window Info.zip file attached to this post

Extract and run Window Info.exe

Open up Anim8or while it's open, and mouse over the 3D workspace

Under >>>>>>>>>>( Window Title & Class )<<<<<<<<<<< it should say Object: (name of project) ahk_class Anim8or

Under >>>>>>>>>( Now Under Mouse Cursor )<<<<<<<< it should say ClassNN: Anim8or-OpenGL1, along with some other info

If it doesn't say this information then tWEAK isn't recognizing it. Post the contents of Window Info.exe in a new post so that I can see what it's reading.

Also, provide this information:Operating system (Windows 7/Vista/XP) (32 or 64 bit?) (Home Premium/Business/Ultimate/whatever)Antivirus programs(Don't forget about Windows Defender)Exactly what is and what is not working (Tray icon/Radial Menu pop-up/Functionality/Hotkeys)

So let me know how it goes! Once you get the hang of it, tWEAK should speed up your modelling process by leaps and bounds.

I made this program because I wanted to make Anim8or a little bit more of a contender in its modelling area. The object editor toolset was comparable to other programs back in the year 2000, but not anymore I got tired of basically coming to a halt efficiency-wise when I use Anim8or for occasional needs.

Please tell me any bugs, quirks, and feature requests I might be able to fix or implement, and let me know if you feel any major speed up in your workflow. I'll be updating this program as often as I fix or implement a new feature, so check every few days or so just in case!

Awesome work Raxx, I look forward to giving this a go. Any improvement to the Anim8or GUI is well worthwhile, and this looks like it will prove to be intuitive and easy to work with. I'll provide some feedback once I have run it through its paces.

okay so I am running Vista I know it says xp ...... I hit "," and the tool bar thiny pops u p - great design! Nice that it made for left handed mouse users - but when I let the mouse g o the tool doesn't change.

Just had a quick play with it, works lovely on XP. I have W7 on another machine with an XP virtual machine installed (for Corel), I will see if it runs on that platform tomorrow. The actual Tweak tool itself is $#^@ing brilliant, that will save a huge amount of time on organic meshes in particular. I need to play more with the Quick Knife to fully grasp its function but so far I have found no faults. Again, lovely work Raxx, this is the most important 'upgrade' to Anim8or since the ART renderer. Your efforts are hugely appreciated.

EDIT: Kyle, I don't have any screen-to-video software currently installed, I'll see what I can do unless somebody beats me to it!

Ok, it works on Windows XP and higher (was developing it on Windows 7). I tested it on windows vista, apparently it works on Windows XP as well. So I'm not entirely sure how it's not working for you guys. It could be a driver-related problem.

So to help troubleshoot your problem, please take these steps:

Download the Window Info.zip file attached to this post

Extract and run Window Info.exe

Open up Anim8or while it's open, and mouse over the 3D workspace

Mouse back over the Window Info program and copy all of the text that's in there

Paste that text (preferrably in code tags) into a new post, along with what graphics card you have and your operating system

I've played with it for a few hours while modelling some stuff in Anim8or. My first impressions (of my own tool ) are that it's actually a little hard to use, and I keep forgetting to right-click to disable the tweak or quick knife tools. But I think once I get used to it then there won't be a whole lot of issues. To those that were able to get it working, what do you think?

Yeah the knife tool's a bit weird, it's mostly useful for making a lot of cuts along loops and such and then it connects all the cuts in the end; this makes it so that you don't have to carefully make sure you click and drag on each point in order to make a successful cut.

Problem is that it's totally reliant on the current view, so if you activate the tool, make a few cuts, then arc rotate even a tiny bit and right-click, it'll make cuts in the wrong places. Unfortunately, unless I figure out how to make calls to Anim8or internally, this is the only way the cut tool can work.

AutoHotKey's an awesome program for making automated tasks for any program. Of course, it's a tool to make cheats for games as well, but whatever If you feel the need to modify tWEAK's scripts in anyway and thus end up improving it, let me know so that I can make those changes in the offical release.